⚡️🚨 NEW - The U.S. has confirmed its first human case of a New World Screwworm infestation.

The patient had recently returned from El Salvador, bringing attention to this rare but dangerous parasitic threat.

New World Screwworms are fly larvae that feed on living tissue, capable of infesting livestock, pets, wildlife, and occasionally birds and humans.

There is no medication to treat it, according to the CDC.